The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Volum 2Methuen, 1896 |
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... fortune threw him short of it in every other circumstance of life . He avoided making any , though perhaps reasonable , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she ...
... fortune threw him short of it in every other circumstance of life . He avoided making any , though perhaps reasonable , complaints of her dispensations , under which he had honour enough to be easy , without touching the favours she ...
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... fortune is wanting to make a good name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the world to spare their pity , we may justly enlarge our demands ...
... fortune is wanting to make a good name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for the world to spare their pity , we may justly enlarge our demands ...
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... fortune of the stage , with the story of Lady Jane Grey . It is not unlikely that his experience of the inefficacy and incredibility of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English history , at no great ...
... fortune of the stage , with the story of Lady Jane Grey . It is not unlikely that his experience of the inefficacy and incredibility of a mythological tale might determine him to choose an action from English history , at no great ...
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... fortune ; and wondered why he was suffered to be poor , when Addison was caressed and preferred : nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was ...
... fortune ; and wondered why he was suffered to be poor , when Addison was caressed and preferred : nor would a very little have contented him ; for he estimated his wants at six hundred pounds a year . In his course of reading , it was ...
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... fortune . In 1688 , the same year in which he was made Master of Arts , he published a confutation of Varillas's account of Wicliffe : and , engaging in the study of the Civil Law , became Doctor in 1692 , and was admitted advocate at ...
... fortune . In 1688 , the same year in which he was made Master of Arts , he published a confutation of Varillas's account of Wicliffe : and , engaging in the study of the Civil Law , became Doctor in 1692 , and was admitted advocate at ...
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